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World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Infantry weapons

* Bayard M1908 (semi-automatic pistol) * Beholla M1915 (pistol) * Bergmann–Bayard M1910 (semi-automatic pistol) * Bergmann MP 18-I (submachine gun) *

Dreyse M1907 The Dreyse Model 1907 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Louis Schmeisser. The gun was named after Nikolaus von Dreyse, the designer of the Dreyse Needle Gun. The Waffenfabrik von Dreyse company was acquired by Rheinische Metallwaren & Masc ...

(semi-automatic pistol) * Flachmine 17 (anti-tank mine) * Frommer M1912 Stop (pistol) * GRC Gewehr 88/05, Gewehr 88/14, Gewehr 91 and Karabiner 88 (carbine and rifle) * Hebel M1894 (flare gun) *

Lance A lance is a spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier (lancer). In ancient and medieval warfare, it evolved into the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike s ...

* Langenhan M1914 Selbstlader (semi-automatic pistol) * Luger P04 and P08 (pistol) * M1873 Artilleriesäbel (sword) * M1889 Infanteriesäbel (sword) *

M1913 Karabingranate The Picatinny rail ( or ), or Pic rail for short, also known as a MIL-STD-1913 rail, 1913 rail or STANAG 2324 rail (cancelled), is a military standard rail interface system that provides a mounting platform for firearm accessories. It was o ...

(carbine grenade) * M1914 Karabingranate (carbine grenade) * M1917 Karabingranate (carbine grenade) * M1913 Kugelhandgranate (hand grenade) * M1915 Kugelhandgranate NA (hand grenade) *

M1915 Diskushandgranate M1915 may refer to: * 305 mm howitzer M1915, Russian artillery piece * 37 mm trench gun M1915, Russian artillery piece * Standschütze Hellriegel M1915, Austro-Hungarian submachine gun * Ruby M1915, a self-loading pistol used as a French World War ...

(offensive version and defensive version hand grenade) * M1915, M1916 and M1917 Stielhandgranate (hand stickgrenade) * M1917 Eierhandgranate (hand grenade) * Mauser C78 and C86 Zig-Zag (revolver) * Mauser C96 (semi-automatic pistol) * Mauser Gewehr 71 and 71/84 (rifle) * Mauser Gewehr 98 (rifle) * Mauser Karabiner 98A (carbine version of the Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle) * Mauser M1887 (rifle) * Mauser M1910 and M1914 (semi-automatic pistol) * Mauser M1915 and M1916 Selbstlader (semi-automatic rifle) * Mondragón M1908 (semi-automatic rifle) * Reichsrevolver M1879 and M1883 * Schwarzlose M1908 (semi-automatic pistol) * Seitengewehr 84/98 III (bayonet) * Seitengewehr 98/05 (bayonet) * Steyr M1912 (semi-automatic pistol) * Walther 4 (semi-automatic gun, also known as vest gun) * Werder M1869 (rifle)

Machine guns

* Bergmann MG 15 (water cooled version heavy machine gun) *

Bergmann MG 15nA The Bergmann MG 15nA was a World War I light machine gun produced by Germany starting in 1915. It used 100- and 200-round belts and utilized a bipod, which allowed the weapon to be mounted on a flat surface for more accurate firing. It was brie ...

(air cooled version light machine gun) * Gast M1917 * Madsen M1902 * Maxim machine gun * MG 18 TuF (heavy anti-tank and anti-aircraft machine gun) * MG 99, MG 01, MG 08, MG 08/15, MG 08/18 and MG 09 * Parabellum MG 14 and MG 14/17 (lightweight redesign of the MG 08) * Schmeisser-Dreyse MG 12, MG 15 and MG 18

Special weapons

* 7.58 cm M1914 leicht Minenwerfer * 7.62 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/16.5 * 7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/20 * 7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/27 * 17 cm M1913 mittler Minenwerfer * 25 cm M1910 schwer Minenwerfer * Albrecht 24 cm M1917 schwer Flügelminenwerfer * Albrecht 25 cm M1916 schwer Minenwerfer * Becker 2 cm M2 (anti-tank and anti-aircraft gun) * Ehrhardt 24 cm M1915 schwer Ladungswerfer * Flammenwerfer M1916 * Granatenwerfer 16 * Grossflammenwerfer M1911 * IKO 24 cm M1917 schwer Flügelminenwerfer * Kleinflammenwerfer M1911 * Lanz 9.15 cm M1914 leicht Minenwerfer * Mauser 1.3 cm M1918 Tankgewehr (anti-tank rifle) * Sauterelle (grenade launching crossbow captured from the French) * Wechselapparat Flammenwerfer M1917

Artillery

* 6 cm S-Bts K L/21 (landing gun) * 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone L/13 C/80 (mountain gun) * 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone L/14 M1913 (mountain gun) * 7.62 cm FlaK L/30 (anti-aircraft gun) * 7.7 cm FlaK L/27 (anti-aircraft gun) * 7.7 cm FlaK L/35 (anti-aircraft gun) *

7.7 cm FK 96 The 7.7 cm Feldkanone 96 (7.7 cm FK 96) was a field gun used by Germany before World War I. History It was a thoroughly conventional gun, being a modernized version of Krupp's FK 73 gun, but failed to incorporate any recoil system othe ...

(field gun) * 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. (field gun) *

7.7 cm FK 16 The 7.7 cm Feldkanone 16 (7.7 cm FK 16) was a field gun used by Germany in World War I. Most surviving examples in German service were rebarreled after the war as the 7.5 cm FK 16 nA (''neuer Art'', meaning "new model"). A total of 298 g ...

(field gun) * 7.7 cm Kanone in Haubitzelafette (field gun on howitzer carriage) * 8 cm Kanone C/73 * 8 cm Kanone C/80 * 8.8 cm Flak 16 (anti-aircraft gun) *

9 cm Kanone C/73 The 9 cm Kanone C/73 was a field gun developed after the Franco-Prussian War and used by Germany before and during World War I. History After the Franco-Prussian War, the German Army began to study replacements for its existing C/61 steel ...

9 cm Kanone C/79 The 9 cm Kanone C/79 was a fortress and siege gun developed after the Franco-Prussian War and used by Germany before and during World War I. History After the Franco-Prussian War, the German Army began to study replacements for its 9 cm Kan ...

* 10 cm K 04 * 10 cm K 14 * 10 cm K 17 * 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 (field howitzer) * 10.5 cm Gebirgshaubitze L/12 (mountain gun) *

10.5 cm leFH 16 The 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 (10.5 cm leFH 16) was a field howitzer used by Germany in World War I and World War II. Description The 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 16 was introduced in 1916 as a successor to 10.5 cm ...

(light field howitzer) * 12 cm Kanone C/80 * 13.5 cm K 09 * 15 cm Kanone 16 * 15 cm L/40 Feldkanone i.R. (field gun) * 15 cm Ring Kanone C/72 * 15 cm Ring Kanone C/92 * 15 cm Ring Kanone L/30 * 15 cm sFH 93 (heavy field howitzer) *

15 cm sFH 02 The 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 1902 was a German heavy field howitzer cannon introduced in 1903 and served in World War I. Design and history It was the first artillery piece to use a modern recoil system in the German Army. Some 416 were in ...

(heavy field howitzer) *

15 cm sFH 13 The 15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 13 (15 cm sFH 13), was a heavy field howitzer used by Germany in World War I and the beginning of World War II. History The gun was a development of the previous standard howitzer, the 15 cm sFH 02. ...

(heavy field howitzer) * 15 cm SK "Nathan" * 17 cm SK L/40 i.R.L. auf Eisenbahnwagen * 21 cm L/14.5 Mörser 16 (mortar) * 21 cm Mörser 10 (mortar) * 21 cm Mörser 99 (mortar) * 21 cm SK "Peter Adalbert" * 21 cm Versuchmörser 06 (mortar) * 24 cm SK L/30 "Theodor Otto" * 24 cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl" * 28 cm Haubitze L/12 (howitzer) * 28 cm Haubitze L/14 i.R. (howitzer) * 28 cm K L/40 "Kurfürst" (six 28 cm MRK L/40 naval guns were converted to railway guns) * 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" ( 28 cm SK L/40 gun naval guns were converted to railway guns) *

38 cm SK L/45 "Max" The 38 cm SK L/45 "Max",In Imperial German Navy gun nomenclature, "SK" (german: Schnelladekanone) denotes that the gun is quick firing, while the L/45 denotes the length of the gun. In this case, the L/45 gun is 45 calibers, meaning that the ...

(long range coast-defence gun and siege gun) *

42 cm Gamma Mörser The 42 cm ''kurze Marinekanone'' L/12, or ''Gamma-Gerät'' ("Gamma Device"), was a German siege gun built by Krupp. The ''Gamma-Gerät''s barrel diameter was , making it one of the largest artillery pieces ever fielded. The ''Gamma-Gerät ...

(siege gun) * 42 cm kurze MK 14 L/12 (siege gun, also known as "Bertha") *

Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904 The Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904 mountain guns were originally issued to the Schutztruppe in German South-West Africa. The gun was also issued to the Portuguese colonial forces in Angola. Survivors 12 guns are known to have been produced and ...

(mountain gun) * Gruson 5.3cm L/24 Fahrpanzer (mobile artillery turret) * Krupp 3.7 cm L/14.5 Sockelflugzeugabwehrkanone (anti-aircraft gun) * Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 (field gun) * Paris Gun (also known as 21 cm "Wilhelm") * Rheinmetall 3.7 cm M1918 Tankabwehrkanone (anti-tank gun)

Other vehicles

* A7V Flakpanzer 1918 (anti-aircraft tank) * A7V Schutzengrabenbagger 1918 (trench digger) *

A7V The A7V was a heavy tank introduced by Germany in 1918 during World War I. One hundred chassis were ordered in early 1917, ten to be finished as fighting vehicles with armoured bodies, and the remainder as ''Überlandwagen'' cargo carriers. T ...

Sturmpanzerwagen 1917 (heavy tank) * A7V Uberlandwagen 1917 (supply carrier) * Benz-SAG BL10 panzerkraftwagen 1912 (armored truck) *

Büssing A5P The Büssing A5P was an armoured car produced in Germany during World War I. History The Büssing company had received its first orders of military vehicles in 1910, producing artillery tractors and supply trailers. By November 1914, the Germa ...

1915 (armored car) * Bussing Kraftzugwagen KZW 1800 1916 (gun carrier) * Daimler Marienfelde ALZ 13 1913 (supply truck) * Daimler Marienwagen II halbspur 1916 (supply halftrack) * Daimler Marienwagen II gepanzerter halbspur 1917 (armored halftrack) * Daimler Marienwagen II tankabwehrkanone 1918 (anti-tank halftrack) * Daimler Panzerautomobil 1915 (armored car) * Duhrkopp (Dur) Wagen 1916 (supply carrier) * Ehrhardt E-V/4 (early version 1915 and late version 1917 armored car) * Ehrhardt Gepanzerter triebwagen 1917 (armored railcar) * Lanz Gleiskettenschlepper 1918 (supply carrier) * Leicht kampfwagen II 1918 (light tank that was rarely used conducting escorts and never saw combat) *

Mannesmann Motoren und Lastwagen AG panzerkraftwagen Mannesmann was a German industrial conglomerate. It was originally established as a manufacturer of steel pipes in 1890 under the name "Deutsch-Österreichische Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG". (Loosely translated: "German-Austrian Mannesmann pip ...

1916 (armored truck) * Nacke 3.5t 1913 (supply truck) * Nacke 5t 1915 (supply truck) * NSU 3 1.2 PS (ed.)
"Armed and armoured bicycles and motorbikes"
1914 (sidecar motorcycle) * Opel 4t 1915 (supply truck) *

Porsche Generatorzugwagen Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see #Pronunciation, below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ...

1916 (gun carrier)

Ships

* A class torpedo boat *

List of ships of the Imperial German Navy The list of ships of the Imperial German Navy includes all ships commissioned into service with the Imperial German Navy (''Kaiserliche Marine'') of Germany, covering the period from 1871, the creation of the German Empire, through to the end of ...

Submarines

* List of German U-boats#World War I–era U-boats

Airships

* Gross-Basenach M-IV * Parseval PL-19 * Parseval PL-25 *

List of Schütte-Lanz airships Schütte-Lanz (SL) is the name of a series of rigid airships designed and built by the Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz company from 1909 until 1917. One research and four passenger airships were planned for post-war use, but were never built. The Sc ...

* List of Zeppelin airships

Airplanes

Note that those airplanes were mainly used. * AEG C.IV *

AEG G.II The AEG G.II was a German biplane bomber aircraft of World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Rus ...

Ago C.I The AGO C.I was a First World War German pusher configuration, pusher reconnaissance biplane that used a pod-and-boom configuration. Development The crew and pusher configuration, pusher engine shared a central nacelle, and the twin booms carrie ...

Albatros C.III The Albatros C.III was a German two-seat general-purpose biplane of World War I, built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke. The C.III was a refined version of the successful Albatros C.I and was eventually produced in greater numbers than any other C-typ ...

Albatros D.II The Albatros D.II was a German fighter aircraft used during World War I. After a successful combat career in the early '' Jagdstaffeln'', it was gradually superseded by the Albatros D.III. Design and development Albatros designers Robert Thelen ...

Albatros D.III The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service ('' Luftstreitkräfte'') during World War I. A modified licence model was built by Oeffag for the Austro-Hungarian Air Service ( ''Luftfahrtruppen''). ...

* Albatros D.V *

Albatros G.III The Albatros G.III (company L.21), was a German bomber aircraft development of World War I. It was a large, single-bay biplane of unequal span and unstaggered wings. Power was provided by two Benz Bz.IVa pusher engines installed in nacelles car ...

Albatros W.4 The Albatros W.4 was a German floatplane derivative of the Albatros D.I fighter with new wing and tail surfaces of greater span than the D.I. One hundred eighteen examples (including three prototypes) were built between June 1916 and December ...

Aviatik C.I The Aviatik C.I was an observation aircraft which came into service during World War I in April 1915. It was a development of the Aviatik B.I and B.II models, being one of first aircraft of the new German C class of armed biplanes. In the C.I t ...

Aviatik D.I The Halberstadt D.II was a biplane fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by German aircraft company Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke. It was adopted by the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' (Imperial German Army Air Service) and served through the period ...

* DFW C.V * DFW R.I * Fokker E.I * Fokker E.II *

Fokker E.III The Fokker E.III was the main variant of the ''Eindecker'' (literally meaning "one deck") fighter aircraft of World War I. It entered service on the Western Front in December 1915 and was also supplied to Austria-Hungary and Turkey. Design and ...

* Fokker E.IV *

Fokker D.VII The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. Germany produced around 3,300 D.VII aircraft in the second half of 1918. In service with the ''Luftstreitkräfte'', the D.VII qui ...

* Fokker D.VIII (also known as E.V) * Fokker Dr.I (also known as F.I) * Friedrichshafen G.III *

Gotha G.IV The Gotha G.IV was a heavy bomber used by the (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I. It was the first mass-produced large airplane. Development Experience with the earlier G.III showed that the rear gunner could not efficientl ...

* Junkers D.I (also known as J9) *

Junkers J.I The Junkers J.I (manufacturer's name J 4) was a German "J-class" armored sesquiplane of World War I, developed for low-level ground attack, observation and army cooperation. It is especially noteworthy as being the first all-metal aircraft to ...

(also known as J4) *

Halberstadt CL.II The Halberstadt CL.II was a German two-seat escort fighter/ground attack aircraft of World War I. It served in large numbers with the German ''Luftstreitkräfte'' (Imperial German Army Air Service) in 1917-18. Development and design Early in ...

* Halberstadt D.II * Hannover CL.III * LFG Roland C.II * LFG Roland D.II *

LVG C.V The LVG C.V was a reconnaissance aircraft produced in large numbers in Germany during World War I.Taylor 1989, 615 Design and development The C.V was a conventional two-bay biplane design of its day, with unstaggered wings of equal span and tan ...

* Pfalz D.III *

Pfalz D.XII The Pfalz D.XII was a German fighter aircraft built by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke. Designed by Rudolph Gehringer as a successor to the Pfalz D.III, the D.XII entered service in significant numbers near the end of the First World War. It was the last P ...

* Rumpler C.IV * Rumpler G.I * Siemens-Schuckert SSW R.I * Zeppelin-Dornier RS.III * Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI

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